Collar tip holder



Aug. 23, 1932. KElNATH 1,873,648

COLLAR TIP HOLDER Filed Sept. 15, 1931 IN\ /ENTOR Y 171 1012 [(661262 Z71 flags ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 23, 1932 UNITED s res PATENT! OFFICE 3 'Enwm KEINATH, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

coLLAR 'rrr HOLDER Application filed September 15,1931. Serial No. 562,868.

existing soft collars with relatively long tips 7 in such a way that each of the tip supports comprises anindividual unit, movable independently of the other.

Such arrangement is not intended by the present invention, on the contrary, it has for its purpose to provide a device of this kind which, when closed in its operative position, will comprise a rigidly united structure, which, although permitting partial individual movement of its two members, will remainin its original, set position and will prevent the disarrangement or dislocation of the device, whereby the collar tips are kept in place and .in the desired arrangement relative to one another. 7

' The prime object of my invention, therefore, is to provide an article of this kind -which may be readily secured to each tip of a'col'lar individually,permit an individual, temporary adjustment .in' yielding to occasional pressure or movement exerted by the wearer of the collar against them, and to comprise a rigid structure, when united in operativeposition after the collar is closed. 3 Another object of my invention is to provide a device of this kind, composed of two individually attachable stifiening units or supports, one for each tip of the collar, said units provided with rigid locking means adapted to hold the two units in the desired relation to one. another, and further adapted to prevent the shifting of the whole device,

once set in position. i

, Another object of my invention is to pro- .vide in connection with mydevice, means for attaching it to an existing collar button, thereby preventing its shifting in lateral or transverse directions relative to the collar. The foregoingand still further objectsof my invention will be more fully apparent from the accompanying drawing, forming '-.part of my disclosure, but in no way intend- 'tion.

ed to restrict the same to the actual showing, and in which i I Fig. 1 illustrates a portion of a collar equipped with my device. "Fig. 2 illustrates a preferred form of my ,5 device. v

. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a locking arrangement'of my device. r

Fig. 4 is a modified form of a locking arrangement of my device in open position. Fig. 5 is the locking device in closedposi- Fig. 6 is a left'hand end view of my device, and Fig. 7 is a right hand view of Figure 5.

.My device, as clearly seen from Figure 2, '5 consists of a left hand member Aanda right hand member 13. Each one ofthemembers is provided .with a stifiening element- 13, adapted to beinserted into an opening 14, made near the top of adjacent seams 12 at "in the reverse orunderside of thecollar tips.

It is not, necessary that stiffening elements 13 must be ofthe same length as seams 12, and they may be shorter than the latter, without decreasing the efl'ectiveness of the device. 7:;

The upper portions 15 of the stiffening elements. are bent rearwards in the direction to the wearer, so that a small space is formed between the front portion of the collar and its rear portion, whereby a slight space is '30 formed between the two collar portions. Continuing from upper portions 15 are upper collar edge supportinghoriz'ontal connections 16, whichare looped at 17 and continue downwardsinto uprights 18 and. are looped again at 19 and terminate in hori- .zontal connections 20 and 21,.

At the ends of these horizontal connections is provided the locking means C for the device, which consists of a relatively fiat memher 22, attached to connection 20, and a sleeve 23 attached to connection 21. This sleeve corresponds in shape to flat member 22 and is adapted to house the latter. I preferably equip one of the members withv a col- -lar button engaging extension ;or yoke 24;,

which however, is not essential.

Thetwo halves of my device A and B are attached individually to each collar tip, while the collaris open and before closing it. a Ob 10 viously, the members are not connected with one another at the time of their attachment to the collar tips. When the collar is closed, the locking device of the members, designated by G, is brought into locking position and yoke 24 is slipped over the collar button. From Figure 1, it will be readily observed that the upper connecting portions 16 and the lower connecting portions 20 and 21 are so constructed that they will readily yield to an individual pressure exerted by the wearer against them, or against the collar, and will immediately revert to their normal position when the pressure is released. A side movement of the two halves A and B is prevented by the construction of the locking device C, although a partial movement, from or towards the wearer, of top connecting portions 16 is provided for. 1

It is also readily evident that connecting portions 16 and 20 may be pressed temporarily together or shifted sidewise, due to the loop provisions formed at the corners of the device. However, a bodily movement of the device is entirely prevented by locking means C.

In Figure 3 there is illustrated another locking device, which forms a terminus of members 20 and 21 and consists of a bifurcated flat member 22', provided with enlargements 25, which are adapted to engage corresponding'engagements 26 of a shell or housmg 23. Member 22 has a horizontal ex- .tension 27 terminating in a collar engaging yoke 28.

By hooking the yoke members provided in Figures 1, 2 and 3 against the collar button, the device is brought under tension, in that the locking means are held stationary and cause the upper structure of the device to bear against the upper inneredge of the collar,

thereby holding the latter in its originalshape and good appearance, even when the collar becomes wilted.

Referring to Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7, there will be seen lower connecting member 22", terminating in an elongated loop 29, the upper leg 30 of which terminates in a deflection 81. Connect-ing member 21" terminates in a smaller knot-like loop 32. The latter is squeezed at its corners, marked 34, so as to prevent the disengagement of loop 32 from the sleeve. Similarly, the other corners 35 are squeezed together in such a way as to leave an opening to permit the insert-ion of elongated loop 29 of member 22". The upper left'hand corner of the sleeve is engaged by deflection 31 of loop 29 when the two members are in looking engagement.

There are many other improvements possible, as may be readily conceived from the foregoing explanation of the modifications shown in the figures, and not only modifications in the locking means, but also changes in the general construction of the device itself may be readily incorporated without departing from the broad scope of my idea, and I therefore reserve for myself the right to make such changes and improvements as may become necessary, all within the broad scope of my invention, is defined in the annexed claims. 1 I

I claim:

1. The combination with any existing soft collar, having the usual tip seams, of a collar tip support, comprising two symmetrically arranged, resilient members adapted to be united individually with their respective collartips, each of saidmembers comprising a tip stiffening element, insertable from the top into and to the end of the tip seam, an upper collaredge spacing portion and a resiliently mounted upper collar edge support, said members provided with a rigid closure, adapted to hold them together and to prevent their bodily sidewise or transverse movement relative to said collar;

2. The combination witha soft collar, of a collar tip support, comprising two individual, resilient members having a common, rigid closure, each member composedof upper and lower horizontal, and upright connections resiliently. held together, said upper connection terminating in a stilfening element adapted to be placed within the existing seam of the collar tips, in the direction from the top edge of the collar to the end of the tips, through apertures adapted to be pierced bythe end of the element into the seam material. 1

3. A deviceof the class described, comprising a pair of resilient, individual collar tip stifiening units having a common, rigid closure, each unit composed of a resilient structure extending from the closure and including lower, upper and upright connections, and loops formed between said connections for rendering the structure resilient, said upright connections terminating in upper collar edge spacing means from which extends downwardly a stiffening element adapted to be inserted into the seam of the collar tip from its top-most to its lower-most end, said closure provided with 'a collar button engaging means.

4. A collar tip support for existing collars having the usual seams running from the upper collar edge to the tip, comprising two independent members provided with a closure for locking them together, each member comprising a tip stiffen-ing element adapted to be inserted through an aperture, pierced by the end of the element into the lower face of the seam at the upper collar edge, from where it passes to the end of the tip, the upper end of the element provided with a collar spacing portion, from which latter extends an upper collar edge supporting con nection provided at its end with a loop, an upright connection extending from the loop and terminating into another loop, and a substantially horizontal connection extending from that other p towards and terminating at the closure, the latter comprising a snap 100k provided With collar button engaging means.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signature.

ERWIN KEINATH. 

